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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1914
Page
4
Personal paragraphs record visits and illnesses as residents of the area gather at Bowman & Son to order York Imperial apples. Names include Arden Waters wife Doris Ellen Baldwin and many others from Rankin, Thorntown, Lapel, and Lebanon. Regular reminders to register on Oct 5 and 6 appear amid social updates.
Regular preaching services next Sunday mark the last Sunday of the conference year with full member presence. Sunday School drew a large, attentive crowd while Rev Ashby delivered his initial discourse in the morning and preached ably at night. His next appointment is set for the first Sunday in October.
Hazelwood area reports corn cutting and oat sowing. Wheat and rye sown nearby. Ray Whitsley and family visited B M McClaine and wife. Lon Bratton and family toured Homer Bratton near Danville. Charlea Kincaid and Gail Kincaid did ditching for Edrington and Ashwell. Regular services at Advance Christian Church with subject This Church and its Job. Various farm and visitation items listed among neighbors and families.
Fine and family spent Sunday with Alex Fine and family, sharing time and conversation in a small community gathering reflected in local social notes.
A long reminiscence recounts social gatherings and visits around Advance Jamestown Steward's Chapel and nearby areas. It recalls neighbors Bert Ferguson Jess Garner Henry Ward Walkup and many families, schooling days at Nicely and Boone, old poems and sermons, and a late 19th to early 20th century tone of school reunions and youthful memories.
Mount Zion hosts an ice cream supper on Saturday September 26 with all invited. Rev Lineberry preached Sunday evening. Ladies Aid meets at Mra Olza Emmert's Thursday. Multiple local visits include Farrow family of Litton to J A Farrow, Edna Meek to Willie Graves, Jesse Emmert to Steven Emmert, Mrs Alice Emmert visiting Indianapolis, Mrs May Zachery and son with Eliza Murray, James Shields visiting Bert Shields in Indianapolis, and Emmert family moving to Wells farm this week.
A reminiscence from an old western home narrator recalls youth days at the Bush schoolhouse now known in Busttown. He and Mary reflect on playground friends and the community’s past, noting shifting local customs of staying overnight with friends during term time.
A collection of wry maxims on honesty, pride, love, ambition, and public life. Observations note the tension between theory and practice, rational judgment and social envy, and the pitfalls of following advice or marrying for emotion rather than practicality.
A weary stenographer vents at busy office patrons who interrupt her work. She imagines marriage freeing her from daily servitude and plots to greet interruptions with firm refusals, while the bookkeeper muses on breaking office routines and gender roles.
The piece reflects on rest and vacation as essential to living well. It cites Herbert Spencer and Carlyle to argue that steady, honest work benefits both mind and body, while rushing and worry reduce quality of life.
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